Life expectancy and cause of death in the Kuwaiti population 1987-2000

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 45-55

  El Shazly, M ^a   Makboul, G ^b   El Sayed, A ^c  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KUWAIT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KUWAIT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 23844543389     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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